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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-03
FOREWARNED FOREARMED.
Rural World.

Rural World.
One of the most gratifying signs of the
times is the almost universal effort being
made in this country to compel the
study of scientific temperance in the
public schools. During the past five
years the legislatures Of twenty-three out
of thiriy-five states and the national con-
gress for all of the territories have made
this study compulsory for all pupils in
all their public schools. The population
OF all these states and territories is over
one-half that of the whole country. and
as the men and women of tomorrow are
in these schools of today we may very
naturally expect the coming generation
to be forewarned on this tremendous
evil and therefore armed against it,
This is the most practical move made bY
the advocates Of CONFERENCE.-THE friends
of humanity-that has vet been put in
practice anywhere and is calculated to
be the most effective. 4 circular is be-
fore us. telling of a petition having been
signed by /. 5. senators. congressman.
governors of states. leading members Of
the medical profession, presidents of
many important colleges, the editors of
fourteen leading religious papers and
other representative men, making a re-
spective but earnest appeal to all pub
fishers of text books to revise their pub
locations, to conform TO the latest results
of scientific inquiry and to meet the
terms and spirit of the statutes made in
this interest, and ii speaks III trumpet
tones of the growing and wide spread in
terest in the undertaking.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-03
NEW MEN IN CONGRESS.


Globe Democrat.
The political mortality in the Forty
ninth congress was more than ordinarily
great among its conspicuous members
only. Among the more obscure men it
was not above the average. The number
of new names. for example. on the rolls
of the House OF Representatives of the
Fiftieth Congress will be 1871. as com
pared with 139 on the roster of the con-
gress which expired by legal limitation
on March 4 last. Some of these members
are already known 10 newspaper readers
outside of the states which they will rep
resent. BY far the greater portion Of
them. however, have their political fame
vet to make.
The most widely known Of the lew
members Of the upper branch OF the con-
greSs which Is about to convene arc
David Turpie. OF Indiana, who succeeds
Benjamin Harrison; \. ). Paddock. Of
Nebraska. who takes c. II. Van Wvck's
place: VIM L. Chandler. of Mem Hamp-
shire who fills the position Temporarily
held BIZ ?. {. Cheney: ". II. Stewart,
Of Nevada, who enters on j. q. Fairs
retirement: Frank HlsCock. OF New
York. Warner Miiler's successor: II. :.
QUAY. of Pennsylvania. who follows J.
]. Mitchell: J. IL Reagan. Of Texas. who
fills the position held by :. B. Haxey;
and J. ". Daniel. OF Virginia.
who takes the seat occupied By
William Malone during the yas. Sax
wears. Among the incoming members
Of the house the average reader outside
tine rnenlbs-s oyyn STATE has heard OF tsie
few except =. = Post. ". II. Gest and
Tebu Baker. If Illinois: Leopold Morse
..rt Il Z. Lodge. Of Massachusetts: &.
Il. 5laraur. Of Missouri: 5. V. White. 4
y, Gmmings. r. Is. Spinola and " T.
Cockran. OF New York; j. D. Taylor. ol
Ohio. and ". c. Whitthorne. Of Ten
nessae.
Some of tie members named are new
only in the sense that they DID Boi serve
IL re Forty-Tinth congress. senator
elect Furris. Stewart and Paddock erere
formerly IN the senate, and RepTeseE.a-
tiyes-elect Baker. Morse, Lodge and oze
or two others have ALREADY served IL The
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-03
Villas VIEWS.


K. c. Journal.
Postmaster General Villas, in his report
makes some very sensible remarks re-
garding the law forbldding advertising
on the wrappers of second, third and
| fOurth-claSS mail matter-a law which
rppears to have been passed in 1879 only
to have been forgotten or ignored up to
the present time The law" says Mr..
Villas, appears to go on the theory that
advertisements ought not TO be per-
mitted upon third or fourth-class parcels
| am not able to discern any sound
objection to this privilege, if the ad-
vertisement be so limited as to leave
sufficient space for the address. for post
marking and rating, and for reforward-
ing or return addresses. Such printing
adds nothing of burden to the mails, and
cannot be thought TO limit their employ
ment otherwise. More probably it In
creases it.
This is certainly common sense. What
earthly objection can there be TO print
ing on the wrapper of third or fourth
class parcel the business card of the
sender: Apparently the small-ninded
Trainer of the law feared that the people
might get. through the Medium of the
mails. some advertising for which they
paid nothing. The law does not forbid
such printing as John Smith. No. 3
Broadway. but it does forbid the addi-
ton OF such words as bookseller and
publisher" or 'attorney-at-law'
Evidently the intention was not
to prevent the covering of wrappers
with advertisements 10 such an extent
a. TO leave no room for lcgible address.
postmarking and stamping, for if it
were the purpose the law should have
been made applicable to tirst-class mail
matter also. As it Is. any amount Of
advertising may be placed upon the
envelopes Of fiT5t-class mail matter or
upon mail matter which would ordinar-
lily 20 as third or fourth-c!ass, pro-
vided only first-class rates are
paid on it. \ law putting some
limit upon the proportion Of space on
wrapper Of any class Of mail matter
which could be taken ~ with advertise
ments might be an excellent measure It
Is often the case that the whole face Of
an envelope is covered with some glar-
ing advertisement. which makes it a DIFF
ficult matter 10 decipher the address, or
leaves no room for refOgwarding or re-
turn addresses. Ia such cases the adj
vertisefnenr becomes q nuisance. But
the law Is Il now stands IS an imp0si-
ton. ana the congressman who moves to
amend II viii win popular approval
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-03
NEW ROAD CHARTERED.

The charter for the Omaha & Mexican
Air Line railway company: capital stock
$40 1000 coo. was filed in the office of the
secretary of state Thursday. The line Of
the proposed railroad begins at Omaha.
Nebraska, running thence southwesterly
through the counties of Jewell. Smith,
Phillips, Rocks, Graham, Trego. Lane,
Cove, Scott, Wichita and Hamilton. in
the state of Kansas; thence through
New Mexico, to FL Paso, Texas, which
Is to be the terminus of the railroad in
the United States; thence to the City of
Mexico. The principal offices and places
of business of the company are TO be
located at Syracuse, Kansas, and Omaha,
Nebraska. The directors are W. f.
Cleveland, Harlan, Iowa; w. B. McGor-
risk, of Des Moines, Iowa: c. c. Free,
Charles Coe, George Getty. and Thomas
Overton, of Syracuse, Kansas.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-03
OUR AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT

| In his address before the National
Grange in Michigan recently Commits
| sioner Coleman took occasion to publicly
/ oppose the proposition to make the agri-
cultural department a seperate and indie
. pendent department of the government
with its head as q cabinent officer. The
reason set up by Mr.. Coleman for this
opposition is that as a cabinet officer
the secretary Of agriculture would be a
political one and the appointment by the
president would be made with that view
to special fitness for duties of the posi-
ton. 1t seems a little singular that an
official should oppose a proposition that
would. if carried into effect during his
! tenure, almost certainly result in his
own promotion, and abstractly consid-
cred his opposition on the ground men
toned is something TO his credit from a
patriotic standpoint. But it occurs to us
that his ground of opposition is not well
chosen, for the position of commissioner
of agriculture is as much political
officer as the commissioner of the land
Office or the head of any other bureau,
and since the position is filled by the
same appointing power that fills the
cabinet positions, it requires no little
strain of maguanimity 10 conclude that
a different impulse would prompt a
president in appointing a commissioner
of agriculture from that in choosing a
secretary OF agriculture.
The position is a political one, if not in
significance, yetin fact. but with all that
our notion is that the agricultural inter
ests of the country, being the. most i'm
portant because absolutely indispensable,
merits the very highest consideration at
the hands of the government, and if to
make the representative of that interest
a cabinet minister viii conserve it better
in any particular it should be done
1t may be uncharitable to accuse Com
missioner Coleman Of selfshness in his
apparent SeIf-abnegation, but his position
ON this question is certainly susceptible
of such construction. If the idea he
advances should prevail, or seem to, and
the proposition be defeated in congress,
while there is really nothing in it, it
would afford the present incumbent some
hope of retaining the position even under
4 change of administration, while if the
unSirtDn ,ypla elevated Ia :. ,.aDig,at nm. {
with the END of the term of the present
administration it would undergo a change /
OF occupants with the rest.
Ournotion is that the representative of (
the great agricultural interest should .
have voice IN the cabinet councils. To T
our mind the reasons III favor OF the {
proposition are TOO patent to need argu- (
ing.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-03

1t is said that the law of the United
States forbidding the importation of la
borers under contract will prevent Sena-
tor Stanford, who has become dissatisfied
with the labor of the Chinese in his great
vineyard. from bringing out one hun
dred skilled vineyardists from Bordeaux.
The law viii not, however, prevent those
vineyardiStS from emigrating to Cali
fornia and making contracts with Sena-
tor Stanford after they arrive there.
Like all good laws. this one causes in
convenience to some, but its purpose is
to stop a practice that is alike unfair to
those who are ignorantly induced to sell
their labor for less than the price it will
command in the market and those who
have to compete with the labor thus Sc
cured.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-03
THE FRENCH SITUATION.

France is now in the midst of a crisis
that is likely to eliminate in a revolution
the outcome Of which it is not possible tc
estimate with any degree OF certainty
The formal resignation Of President
Grevy and the selection of his successor
are incidents fraught with inestimabla
concern TO the republic. France has
passed through the transition state from
monarchy to republic and back to the
former so often that she is regarded with
a degree of skepticism by even adherents
to republican form Of government ex-
tsnt. Of course the sentiment of Amer
lea is with the republic, but the mercurial
characteristics of the French people are
so well known that the overthrow OF the
republic and establishment of a monarchy
would have no effect upon us at home OF
abroad. This country having through
the crusical tests is no longer regarded
in doubt as to its stability. Howbeit,
news from France will be eagerly looked
for until affairs shall assume definite
shape.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-03
a QUEER HEAD.

Hon. James r. Mead of this city
showed us yesterday carved or sculp-
tured head III Dakota sandstone, which
was found on the Saline river in this
state, in close proximity to lodges of that
formation. The head is a queer, wierd
looking image, its face being almost
wholly nose. which nose seems to extend
from the top of the forehead down to
the mouth, which latter is nearly all on
the end Of the chin. The eyes and ears,
mouth and nostrils are well defined, as
are some Of the bands running around
the top of the head. To what race the
sculptor belonged or when the remote
period in which he lived will probably
never be known. Mr. Mead says in the
ruins Of South America have been found
carved heads greatly resembling this
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-03
THE INDIAN TERRITORY.

Medicine Lodge Index.
The Indian Territory. lying south of
Kansas, west OF Arkansas and north of
Texas. and stretching west TO the Texas
Panhandle, contains 50 222 square miles.
an area nearly as large as that OF the
New England states, and the total num-
Der of Indians in it is only 76.0 09, giving
$50 acres to every soul of the population.
or $500 acres for every family of five
persons. The ninety-eighth meridian
drawn through the Territory leaves
about two-thirds its area on the east of
the line, and one-third on the west.
The greater part of the Indian popula-
tion-four- fftIIs-is found east of this
line. only 1900, embracing the remnants
Of the Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Wichita.
kiowa and Comanche tribes, live west of
it. Commissioner Atkins. of the Indian
bureau. has twice recommended that all
the tribes be removed east of the ninety
eighth meridian. and the western third
of the territory be thrown open 10 white
settlement-and he repeats the recon-
mendation in his late report. He states
that if all the Indians in the United
States. excluding Alaska {260, 900 in num-
ber) were located in the Indian territory,
they would have 156 acres of land each,
or 100 acres for each family of five per-
sons. There are :, 6S3. 600 acres of still
unoccupied land east of the me-
ridian. and the tribes now living
west of it would be located on
these. There would then be 10000
Indians on a special reservation of A.
coo, 900 acreS-an allowance ample for all
purposes The western third of the ter
ritory, containing 200 acres, would
then be thrown open to settlement; add
to it the Public Strip. or No Mans
Land, on the west, containing 1872 600
acres. and there would be an area of H.
412, 900 acres--large enough to form a
state one-half the size Of Illinois.
The Indian commissioner says in his
report: The vast surplusage Of land in
the Indian Territory, much of it not sur
passed in fertility and versatility of pro-
duction. which can never be utilized by
the Indians now within its borders nor
by their descendants, must sooner or
later be disposed Of by congress some
way or other He therefore proposes
that in justice to the Indians. and to
protect them from irruptiOns the wild
tribes west of the ninety eighth meridian
be removed east of that line, and the
western part of the territory be given up
to the whites.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-03
Thai Do Se1tIa i.

Don't see how NJ Marshall can be
elected governor at the same time that
the editor of this paper is chosen con-
gresham. However, we are not par
ticular and will get out of the way for
the Eagle man.-Eldorado Republican.
We can't see how one affects the other:
N. Marshall Murdoch, or Marshall Morti-
mer Murdock, will be elected governor
by the unanimous vote of the people of
the whole state. while his illustrious
brother-T. Benton Murdoch, receives
the unanimous vote of the Fourth dis
trict. Our tow-line IS at your disposal,
Bent, and we bid you be Of good cheer.
Newton KanSan.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-03

The Kansas extension Of the Rock Is
land Is now just 500 miles from Pueblo,
and surveys have been completed Il
within thirty miles Of that point The
great motive Influencing the Rock Is
land extensions mto Colorado Is. il Is
said, the desire 70 get q supply Of coal
Ii Is now obliged To haul the fuel 900 or
Ct9 miles. and il passes through a Coun-
try which furnish 10 fuel 10 the
people who lee on is line. II the Rock
Island needs coal 50 badly why doaSn' (
1t come 10 Leavenworth: Here cheap
coal IN abundance can oe obtained
Leaveuworth Times.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-03

1t is now given out that Gen. Clinton
B. Fisk, of New Jersey, viii be presiden-
tial nominee of the Prohibition party
next year. OF this the Globe Democrat
says: Mr.. Fisk viii probably he able to Sc
cure more votes for his whisky drinking
Democratic allies than John p. st. John
could If the Republicans make as good
a nominatiod as they should and can,
however, the Prohibition scheme VIII be
a failure.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-03

The name of Ex-Governor G. w.
Click is prominently mentioned as
Sparks successor. Governor Click Is a
stalwart Democrat, and should he secure
the prize the interests of Kansas settlers
would not suffer by the appointment.
1t may be proper to add that inasmuch
as his appointment to that position would
remove him from the confines of the
state for the time being, the Topeka Dem
ocrat will probably interpose no OBJ
lection.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-03

1t is pretty safe to predict that there
will be some legislation by the approach
ing session of congress that viii be bene-
fetal to the best interests of the country
III matters affecting the revenue of the
government. The slender Democratic
majority viii cause that party to leave
off much of the hummery that has hith-
erto characterized its actions in such
matters. Fortunately for the country
the Republicans are again strong enough
in the popular branch of congress to at
least influence legislation.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-03

The official count of the vote cast in
the late election in Virginia shows that
the Democrats have majority of fou
hundred and twenty-six. The Democrats
pretend to believe that sufficient TO midi
cate that Virginia is reliable Democratic,
whiie the Republicans are delighted With
the progress they are making gaining
control of the state. With the same
ratio of increase at the presidential cleo
ton next November the electoral vote of
Virginia will be cast for the Republican
nominees. In the language of Josh Bill
lings, Things is movin'."
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-03

kansas produces another crop equal in
Importance and and value to her great
wheat crop and much talked Of corn
crop. The splendid stability and profit
of stock raising has been shown again
and again. This Is the secre5 OF the Kan
saS farmers success. and each year be
side the great shipments OF grain. tram
load after train lead of the surplus pro-
ducts are carried 10 the eastern markets
packed on the rios of cattle. hogs and
sheep. Win few head OF stock and
the product oi his yich farm the farmer
is always assured nos oniE for the pres
ent, but a competence for The future
Press Democrat.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-03

The losses of fire in 1880 in the United
States were SG4. $4,000. In 1882, the
loss was $50, 100000 more, and in 1886,
S40,O00,000 This year the loss viii
reach 1925, G00,000 This is a loss OF So
or more TO each inhabitant of the coun-
try. The insurance companies lose a
great deal, but the burned out, as a rule,
lose more.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-03
HOW TO INCREASE YOUR WAGES.

Philadephia.Ledger.
Every thinker knows that the man
who would succeed must do more work
than he gets paid for, in every profession
and trade. We take it for granted that
the man who viii only do $50 worth of
work will never get more than $50 week
for the simple reason that he has never
shown his employer that he is worth
more. We figure it that an employe who
means to succeed has to do from ten to
twenty per cent more work than ne gets
actual pay for. This he has to do until
he reaches a certain point, and, having
reached that point, he will find that by
as much is his income increased. by
so much has the demand for amount and
intensity of his labor diminished To
put this theory into figures, we will say
that a boy receiving So a week should do
81 worth of work; the boy receiving So
a week, should do 81 worth of work
when he gets to be man and receives
$50 d week he should do $50 worth of
work; and man receiving $50 should do
$40 worth of work. and so on, until say,
the salary reaches $50, and then the la
borer can give himself somewhat of a
rest-that is to say, about $50 worth of
work will satisfy his employer Labor
brings its market value, and is seldom
overpaid, oftener underpaid. 1t is the
experience-the ''know how" that brings
the money.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-03

The Chicago Inter Ocean draws the
following parallel between 1.-THE Penn
sylvania of the West and just plain
Kansas: while Missouri and her rich
soil has just stood still Kansas has nearly
doubled her population. WHY is this:
Something must be wrong. II is time
Missouri We're waking up" There IS
something wrong with our neighbor. in
fact everything is wrong with her: in
part her misfortune aud part her fault.
but mainly the latter. The rugged sur
face of her land and the pinched, sterile
quality of the major portion of her soil
the people are not responsible for but
they are for the line of policy pursued by
the state. or ut least by the dominant
political party thereof. the past ten or
fifteen years. Missouri has been under
the han of the Democratic party. while
Kansas has had the benefit Of Republi-
ean management during the same period.
Therein lies the secret OF the marked diff
ference.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-03

Hon. J. r. Mead. of Wichita. recently
elected president OF the Kansas Academy
of Science, writes the other members Of
the executive committee Professor Pop
enoe and Secretary Graham. Of interest
already aroused am hearty welcome
assured the members of the academy 1t
is twenry-firsf annual meeting 10 be held
IN the metropolis OF the great southwest
-Nichita. Indus .riaiiss.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-03
RANDOM SHOTS.
Big Ranches Must Go.

Barber County Index.
The Fort Worth Gazette predicts that
the breaking up of the ranch system in
Texas will mark the advent of real. sub
stantial prosperity in that state That
was the experience of Kansas. Large
ranches. like large farms, are not profit
able for the owners or the communities
in which they are located.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-03

The fresh meats imported into the
United Kingdom during September,
1897, were 54,537 cwts. beef, against a.
$50 cwts. the corresponding month in
1886. The United States supplied of
this 50, $40 cwtS. in 1887 and &C. 219 cwts.
in 1886. The quantity of mutton i'm
ported was 1871 cwts. in September.
1887, against 50. S07 cwts. in 1886. includ-
ing from New Zealand $3.50 cwts in
1887, against p ,203 cwts. in 1886, from
Argentine Republic 29,52l cwts. in 1887
against $3.50 cwts. in 1886. and from
the Falkland Islands in 1887. $685. cwts.
against nil in September, 1886. The inn
ports of pork for the week We're II 1913
cwts. against 2,612 in 1886
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-03
Our Thomas Cat.

Kansas City Star.
The Thomas County Cat is a new
journalistic venture which has made its
appearance in Northwestern Kansas. A
newspaper with such a name would
probably feel justified in occupying
position ON the fence in relation TO the
moral and political problems which are
perpetually agitating society in the sun
flower state.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-03
What's in a Name?

Garden City Herald
This has been question sufficiently
unanswered for centuries to still remain
subject for discussion, and what is in
two names should have double inter
est, If you don't think so take two
names as well known as any in Ameri-
can history and look at them. They are
Lincoln and Hamlin. Nothing peculiar
about them as they stand, but set them
up differently and see what they are.
For instance:
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ysS>>NlIazN
ga1ly 80 ga9le
MARSHALL N. MURDOCH. Editor,

The Ohio Live Stock Commission has
issued call for a meeting of the com
missions of the various states to be held
in Springfield, ILL.,, looking to the devils
ing of measures for preventing the
spread of contagious diseases among cat
tie. The meeting is called for Deem
Der -.